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LA Supercross Celebrity Time

2012-01-27T23:25:00.014-05:00

Last weekend at LA Supercross it was my job to shoot celebrities that Feld and Monster had invited for the event. Everyone seemed to enjoy the supercross, and didn't mind me snapping papparazi shots the whole time. Hey I was just doing what I was told to do...

Nathan Kress of iCarly.

Tim Kang of The Mentalist and Rambo fame.

Tim Kang enjoyed it. Super cool dude, he rides streetbikes at track days and is big into the GP's.

COULD THIS BE NATHAN KRESS' NEW GIRLFRIEND?!?!?! ONLY TMZ WILL KNOW!!!

Not sure who this was...

This is Mark Paul Gosselaar AKA Zach Morris from Saved by the Bell. Also a very cool dude, his brother works for Chad Reeds team...Mike Gosselaar! The girl is Juliette and is involved with supercross in some way.

Mark Paul Gosselaar and the fam.

The dude in the hoody is James Lesure from NBC's Las Vegas fame. I have not seen the show or heard of him, but he was cool and seemed to be psyched on it.

Twitpic.

Some little girl yelled "I LOVE YOUUUUU!!" to him and when he told her he loved her back she just about died of over excitement. Weird.

Throwin' up signs of stoke.

Not sure who these people are, I was just clicking away.

Posse up!

Hope one of these makes it on some TMZ type shit.

James Lesure is down. Reppin' the rock.

Twitpic.

James Lesure on the podium!!

Barry Weiss of Storage Wars fame. This dude is crazy, as you already know.

Barry Weiss and the auctioneer guy from Storage Wars getting interviewed for the big screen by Miss Supercross, Dianna Dahlgren.

Well that was interesting. Thanks for looking!

LA Supercross...

2012-01-25T17:05:00.003-05:00

LA Supercross has come and gone...I was there shooting photos for http://www.insidermx.com/ as well as Feld motorsports covering their celebrity appearences. Look for a post on it soon...Until then:

Opening ceremonies, LA Supercross 2012.

For links on race coverage from insider go to:

My rain delay gallery: http://insidermx.com/2012/01/la-sx-rain-delay-gallery/
Austin's practice gallery: http://insidermx.com/2012/01/la-sx-practice-gallery/
Our Supercross class report: http://insidermx.com/2012/01/la-sx-supercross-class-report/
Our Lites class report: http://insidermx.com/2012/01/la-sx-lites-supercross-class-report/
Austin's Race gallery: http://insidermx.com/2012/01/la-sx-race-gallery/

Behing the curtains LA Supercross: http://insidermx.com/2012/01/behind-the-curtains-la-sx/

Thanks for looking.

408mx Sunday Practice 1/15

2012-01-15T22:57:00.009-05:00

So I went down to 408mx today to ride my new JALOPPY yz250. Five laps into practice it stopped running...piston shot/cylinder wall shot/head mashed. Sweet deal, I guess I bought a project bike. So I got right into taking some photos instead of my original plan to ride...then shoot photos. The track was honestly amazing, Ralph has a really good program running over here. It showed by the turnout.

Check out some flicks...if you were there and you want to know if I got your pic shoot me an e-mail: mikeemeryphoto@yahoo.com

Also check out www.408mx.com for track info.

Thanks for looking.

Two edits from A1 I forgot to post...

2012-01-15T20:51:00.004-05:00

Forgot to post a couple photos I edited for fun from Anaheim 1...they coincidentally are your Phoenix winners. Weird.

Dungey and KTM seem to be a great team for 2012.

Deano whip. Until next weekend in LA...

San Diego Customs...Squiggy.

2012-01-12T00:05:00.026-05:00

Here are some photos from San Diego Customs last weekend. This is Chip's 2006 CFL West Coast Chopper...Squiggy. Built by Chip, paint done by Jamie at Blue Moon Kustoms. Such a clean bike...the photos don't do it justice.

http://www.sandiegocustoms.com/

http://www.bluemoonkustoms.blogspot.com/

The pitbulls are Mischa and Jaxsin...best dogs ever. Enjoy!

FANaheim 1

2012-01-08T21:43:00.029-05:00

Anaheim 1 is in the books. I went down for my first time, and it was also my first time shooting supercross. I had a good time, even though I got hassled like 75% of the time for shooting photos (why this is titled FAN-aheim 1). This is the best I could do without media access. If anyone looking at this knows who I could get in contact with for a pass, or are interested in having some photo work done shoot me an email! mikeemeryphoto@yahoo.com

There were plenty people waiting for the gates to open...sold out event.

Lines of fans...

Roczen, sidelined, watching practice.

Speaking of practice, here are practice photos in no particular order..

Ronnie Stewart reppin' my hometown, Easton PA. He didn't quite make the main, but did qualify. Nice job Ronnie.

Whip em.

Villopoto. The guy to beat. (This is coming from a Stewart fan...and I just heard your "BOOOOO!!!")

Tough night for Wey not qualifying. This year is nuts.

Millsaps lost 60 pounds this year!!

Ryan Morais.

This guy was media access for apple.

Some were ripping, some were nervously wrecking. Can't blame these guys nerves have gotta be ridiculous.

Empty stadium before the fans.

Tomac was flying all night.

Musquin is really fun to watch, I think he will be a big threat this year.

James Stewart, in typical fashion waits until the 2nd to last lap of practice to light up a fast one...too bad it didn't carry through to the main.

But damn Bubba can scrub.

If you pre-game in the lot you will meet a horse.

My brother Brian Emery #330 has supporters out west, yeah BOYEEE!

Big A.

Smiling James Stewart.

Focused coach Joe Gibbs.

Best butt patch setup out. Tommy Hahn is the man.

Geico bikes.

Two Two Motorsports voted most fun pit area around...scooters and toys galore.

Reed doing his thing.

Little Tate Reed doing his thing. The future...

Factory Honda bling.

Can you find what JGR changed on Stewarts bike?

WAKA FLAKA!!!! I mean Mookie Stewart.

Travis Baker cruising.

Fastest qualifier, Ryan Sipes.

Wil Hahn.

Shorty looked good back on the Hondawg.

For sale, Tommy Hahn.

Millsaps.

Shorty.

Villopoto.

Windham absolutely rules.

Transfers for dayzzzzzz.

Happy to see guys like Josh Hill back on the line.

Same goes for Josh Grant...keep it healthy boys.

Jason Thomas.

A1 Opening ceremonies. It is crazy how much fire they shoot out honestly.

The man.

Opening ceremonies winner every week...the fans go nuts.

All the boys staring down the trophy.

First heat race of the year. Lites riders are ready.

Dean Wilson warming it up.

Mike Gosselar watches over his new boss. Their team is shaping up nice.

Reed and Alessi during the heat race. Alessi does look way better on his Suzuki this year. Last year he was terrible at this point.

A more comfortable Andrew Short.

Just look at him. I told you, he's got swagger yo.

"Who wants a mustache ride, or a hotdog??!!"

Vince Friese grabs the lites holeshot...nice job.

Friese.

Christain Craig and Marvin Musquin.

Tyla Rattray looked solid.

But nobody had anything for this guy. Cole Seely ripped it up, honestly looked blazing fast and smooth. Title contender for sure.

Seely wins the first round.

Wait we have a problem...

Hoes be actin' wild...

"I dont give a shitttt!!!"

"LATER BITCHESSSSSSS!!!!"

You hear that thunder? Its the 450's being led by Villopoto into the first corner.

Reed looks even better this year.

Windham old-manning these little chumps.

James Stewart's eyes say it all.

Dungey chasing Reed.

Stewart chasing Dungey. Damn it's gonna be a good year.

Hansen was in there.

One man team Metcalf held it down.

Brayton looked really good on his Honda...he will be a factor for sure.

Weimer was really impressive too!

Dungey picked up right where he left off. This is not a learning year...he will be challenging for the championship on this pumpkin.

It is going to be very hard to beat this guy this year, he is absulutely flying. I didn't get a mediocre finish line photo of Villopoto. Instead I won the race to my car and got out of anaheim first.
I win!! On to the next round!!!

Thanks for looking.

Mini Santa

2012-01-04T01:20:00.007-05:00

While visiting home for Christmas I got to see my nephew Isaac again...and of course take more photos. Mini Santa was in full effect. He sure is a cute little bugger. HO HO HO! Enjoy.

New Year

2012-01-01T20:22:00.012-05:00

Happy New Year! I don't do resolutions but I will say this year I plan on updating this more, not always with huge posts but with consistent photos. Or to actually buy my own domain name and have at least a simple website made. Keep it progressing and moving, and most importantly keep learning and improving. Cheers to 2012.

Here are some photos...

Powell and Market Trolley.

SF.

Session at Nate's ramp for the holidays...

Nate Dawg. Rockin' rollin.

Luke 5-0.

Andy BS Smith.

My cousin's daughter Sydney at Christmas time. She was shooting photos with my camera, and I was lucky enough to get my camera back to take a few of her...

Thanks for looking. Promise to upload more often in 2012.

Visitors West and Visiting East...

2011-11-04T12:14:00.028-04:00

Long time no post I know...so here goes nothing! Recently Momma and Poppa Emery came out to visit me and I just now am getting to post some of the photos...

Straight to the views. Berkeley hills overlooking SF.

Some trees.

Mom in the little cement hideaway.

This one?

...Or this one? I like this one.

Profound art down at Embarcadero.

Stink eye?

I love this one. Real life angry birdz?

Pride in your ride.

We took it to the old fashioned arcade. Cool things everywhere.

I tried Road Racer and failed miserably.

Me and my Dad handled this strength machine and rang the bell all to the "oooo's" and "aahhhh's" of the 3 people in the crowd.

Throwin' some b-balls up.

Caught peeping!

The Blue Angels were putting on a show this weekend and it was actually way more amazing than I could have imagined. Its something to check out for sure.

Tricks for days.

Enjoying perfect weather.

Mom catching some stuntzzz.

Close flying.

Pretty cool.

Rode the cable car.

Tight squeeze.

Mandatory photo.

San Francisco.

Cable Car.

Get a load of these tourists.

Photoshop fun.

Non tinkered with.

They were still going at it.

Flying pretty close together at high speeds is probably fun.

Breakout!

People got their footy.

Boat ride time!

Golden Gate Bridge.

The lovely couple.

You know the asian's got their footage/photos!

America!!!

Patriotism!!

The back side of Alcatraz.

Headed over to Muir Woods National Monument. Amazing place, and I knew my Mom would love it!

Oh look!

Big slugs!

Hairy trees all around.

Enchanted lands.

Tall boys.

Trees and trees, lots of them.

Small people.

Mom was liking this nature zone.

Nature-riffic.

Who carves LOL? Somebody who really likes to chuckle!

Love these 2!

Fern Gulley.

All smiles.

Mom and Dad.

Oh time for some tripod photos...

3 Tourists!

Slug eating a dead leaf?

Weird HDR = A game called spot the dear!

And an HDR of Muir Woods, which I am happy with how it came out!

All in all I had an amazing time being a tourist with my parents all weekend. Thanks for the good times and thanks for coming!!!

Now a few photos from New York City, where I flew across the country for a quick weekend. I didn't shoot many photos, because I was too busy enjoying Jana's company! But here are a few photos I took either way...

NYC ART?

NYC skyline with a cat taking a snooze.

Edited version.

The NYC girl herself. Worth a few thousand mile journey anytime...

NYC skyline, again.

Hope you enjoyed these photographs! Thanks for looking!

Some new ish....

2011-09-18T15:55:00.013-04:00

Some photos from recently to share...here ya go.

Wes. Half cab heel, Dolores Park.

Myspace Default.

Partying injury?

Another.

Kyle. Ollie.

Angle 2. Which one do you like better?

Kyle. Lipslide sequence at the lowest quality due to my slow ass computer!!!

I have been playing around with shooting HDR. Here are some results...

My backyard.

The Berkeley Marina.

Golden Gate Bridge.

View of the bay from the top of Berkeley Hills.

Another.

Trying to get Ansel Adams on it.

Some more color.

And again.

And that is it. Hope you enjoyed them.

Gringos in Mexico Part 2...

2011-09-08T19:20:00.034-04:00

So it was time to go back down to Mexico and ride Baja again this year...once isn't enough. What a great place and it sucks everyone is so scared of Mexico. You really have to look for trouble to find it and I think even looking sometimes you won't find trouble. This time around it was Matt, Mark, Pat, and myself for 4 straight days of riding. Big thanks to Waldo for giving us solid bikes to rip around on. Also big thanks to Sven at http://www.letsatv.com/ for making it possible. Check them out if you wanna get Baja crazy yourself.

Met up just south of Tijuana to get our bikes and get geared up and ready to go.
Gear room if you need to rent. Luckily my lifelong sponsor No Fear hooks me up with gnarly gear!! Leave the fear at home dude.Pat never rode Baja before, he got his Honda gear on and prepared for a sick dirt stache.
Rode through the woods on the first day.
It was challenging and fun.

Very rocky, hard trails = lots of stalling, and not getting the bike started easy = Matt and Pat trying to kick them saying "FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!" and me laughing at them because people getting angry is almost always funny. (They laugh when I do the same thing so it's fair)
Take a breather and eat a Mojo bar why don't ya.
Mark Fillebrown our tour guide.
Pat, dirt stache already applied.
After struggling to reach our trail because a storm washed it all away, we decided to bail on that path and finally got back to civilization and a taco stand. Super good tacos. Pat had his first moment wondering what he got himself just before this as we were in the middle of the Baja desert not sure where we were going with no water in our camelbacks. We survived.
These kids were racing down the hill.
Matt found himself a king cone.
Found a Mike Larocco fan.
Mark's bike started to make some noises so we stopped at his buddies VW dealer in Ensenada. Fernando is into riding and has a few bikes. One of which he let Mark borrow for the rest of the trip. Super friendly dude, and really nice of him to lend a bike to this crazy gringo with a beard.
Off to our favorite bar/ eating spot in Ensenada.
Really good breakfast.
Ensenda.
"Everyone has got a little captain in 'em" -Matt Kayes
Fernando was the man.
"Take good care of her."
Stopped at some gas station and this dog was hangin'...looked hot.
Creepin' on it.
Distinguished.
Lunch time was at Mark's favorite taco place with cute Mexican twins for waitresses. Matt threw on the sombrero to impress the locals.
Check that bangin' meal out.

UHHHHH!
Mark reads the map to see where we can get lost next...
Made it to Mike's sky ranch again, awesome place. So far from anywhere it's crazy.
The cycle was ready to rip.
Artsy?
My view while riding.
Matt soaks it in.
Then gets soaked.
These youngin's were enjoying the stream too.
Some water crossing fun.
My camera got a little wet.
This is fun stuff, this creek is one of the ways into Mikes. Pretty sick.
They were going back and forth.
Again.
Summer fun.
Matt doesn't get tired of bombing the stream.
Probably went through like 15 times so I could take photos haha. Thanks Matt!
Get it...sky ranch...get it?
Group shot, without me in it.
5th gear down dusty dirt roads is fun.
This is pretty much the view the whole time.
Mark ready to go. He loves this place so much he is thinking about turning into a Mexican.
Pat gets a little loose around the corner.
The boys on the trail.
Sunset upon my steed.
Made it to Cuatro Casas Hostel for the night, such an amazing place to see. Check out their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cuatro-Casas-Hostel/108006082554623
Pretty decent views.
Like I said.
This is our room for the night. Matt and Pat called top bunk!!
This is the bones of a dead whale that washed up on shore and the owner brought up the bones 1 by 1 as the whale rotted away. Kind of gnarly but it looks awesome up on his property and I thought it was cool as shit.
Tours are free just don't use the bathroom.
The show bowl.
Another pic of the whale. Huge!!
Matt and I rode the bowl for a little. Matt decided to see how it felt to hit the flatbottom of the deep end. He said it was all part of the extreme sport that we are involved in...he is not afraid of a little gravity.
Some birdies.
Pics of his Hostel. Amazing place.
I drank like 5 cups of cofee and got real psyched.
The bowl was definitely no joke, steep trannies and pool coping. No bullshitting around here.
The rental boards.
More angles.
The surfers come from all over to surf here. These guys surfing were apparently olympic gold medal winners for swimming. They were pretty good surfers too.
Mark and the owner, who is truly living the dream.
Pat and Matt have a tender moment together and discuss life, etc.
Point break.
That is the owner just chilling out enjoying his property.
Another shot of the place. They put us up for a night, made us dinner and breakfast, and showed amazing hospitality for next to nothing.
Off we went and stopped for gas. The locals were hustling big time. Anything for a little money.
Bracelets for sale.
The bros and the bikes.
Pat sees some dirt to bury his face in.
If we rode for 2 minutes or 2 hours Pat's face would look this way. I couldn't stop laughing. He was the best dude to have on the trip. Non-stop laughs.
Mexi-Mark peeping some scenery.
My bike got some sticker treatment. Psycho bunny is no joke.
Beach fun.
Flat tracker has the corner speed.
Some hill climbing for fun.
Hangtime Kayes over here.
Mark gets some.
This is fun.
Going back down.
Check Matt's dope gear!!
Lil' Squirt anyone?
The bikes parked all in a row...
More hill climbing.
Pat peeps the line...
...then about 10 seconds after this goes completely off the line haha. Didn't get the pic because it was too dusty.
Back to Ensenada on the way home. Beautiful place.
This was the most amazing thing ever as far as housing is concerned...someone is building this naked lady poolside spot somewhere in Mexico.
I want to shake the hand of whoever is responsible for this.
Matt loved it.
Some horse action.
He was chillin.
Eating a little grass.
That about wraps up our ride...back at Waldo's house there sat his dog, havin' one of those dog days.
And now crossing the border...what a crazy party this was. Me and Pat rolled in the back of Mark's pickup truck to get the full Mexican experience.
Everyone was selling everything. Look at this miserable guy with the hats.
I told you. That guy with the dog came up to me and I couldn't help but to start laughing because it was so damn stupid and funny looking (no offense to the hustle of course)...but next thing you know he's walking back empty handed hahah. Some poor person paid money for it. He is on the come up.
Next up...want to buy a dog?? Me- "That is not real." Him- "Look at its eyes." Sure enough it was a 5 inch long tiny puppy. $200 bucks and it could have been mine. So crazy.
It was so small, I think it was born 2 days ago.
A little juggling act for some chips.
Ended it off at Chip's house in SD. Ramp session to end the day. Great times.
Chip is also livin the dream over there.

Again, big thanks to www.letsatv.com for making this possible with bikes. Also big thanks to Mark Fillebrown for the tour guide position and also making it happen. More thanks goes to Waldo for hooking it up. I had a great time.

My nephew...Isaac James Lew

2011-08-14T15:14:00.016-04:00

My sister Eileen and her husband Tom recently had a baby and I just got to see him for the first time last week!! Little Isaac James Lew, a cute little bugger. I spent 4 days at the beach with my family and took a whole bunch of photos (all of the little guy) and here they are. Enjoy...

And some extras...

Jana debuting her new sun hat...

Pops hangin' loose...

The beach crew. Thanks Mom and Pop for everything!! This is the softest post ever here on my blog, gonna have to post some real gnarly stuff to make up for it!

Recent photos I have shot...

2011-08-14T00:49:00.022-04:00

Here are some recent photos I have been sitting on and haven't posted due to me being on vacation for a week in PA. A few of these are from that trip, and another post with a whole bunch of baby photos of my nephew Isaac from this trip will be in the next post.

Took out my Harley for a ride around Easton. Here is an HDR photo of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers coming together just for fun.

Babe on a bike

FXSTC

Nap time on the rock.

Like I said the rest of my trip photos will mostly be of a 3 month old baby...posted up soon.

Next up is drag racing...checked out NHRA top fuel drags the other weekend in Sonoma. Hands down loudest thing I've heard in a while.

Slicks.

Straight pipes.

Fram boys ready to run.

Walk right into the pit area with a nice looking camera, no credentials, but some confidence=no one said anything...HA!

Distracting Antron Brown while he was on his TV time.

These guys are quick at turning wrenches.

Big valves and 2 spark plugs per cylinder.

Gnarly clutch discs and a gas mask for nitro fumes.

Throw some 116 in it.

Ready to go...

Roll it out.

Look at the tires.

Flying.

This guy ran an impressive 32.12 on the scoot.

It ran 330 mph in 3 seconds I guess we should throw some rod bearings in it...

Now to some photos from the July 30th round of the 408mx summer series. Better late than never!

Kids are lined up.

Silhouette.

Had fun playing with new ways to shoot.

McCrummen is always fun to point a camera at.

Some whoop action.

Got a little closer aka 1 foot from his tire.

Cruising.

Throw it sideways for the crowd.

Lots of youngsters ripping 408.

#71

I was just experimenting with shooting different shots this time. Didn't as much focus on shooting a whole bunch of different riders.

The paintball tabletop.

McCrummen again.

Little man on the #71.

Some amateur kids battling.

This is it for now, thanks for looking and if you were at 408mx and want to see if I got any of you just shoot me an e-mail. Also check their website out at http://www.408mx.com/

Washougal National

2011-07-25T20:50:00.031-04:00

I went up to shoot photos at Washougal this last weekend, what a great track with such awesome scenery. Great day of racing, check it out!

Welcome to Washougal.

They had the track lookin all purdy.

The perfectly groomed track was steaming in the morning sun.

The start that Chad Reed tweeted about : "Is this 1st turn safe? Massive tree and my favorite wooden stakes.....great combo!" Haha

The long whoop section looked tough.

Local boy Villopoto.

Shorty.

Reed was not his usual self but threw some whips or the fans in practice. He was definitely feeling the fall from last week.

Local pro Tommy Weeck was flying and the crowd loved it.

I think Malcolm Stewart is too big for a 250 and will be faster on a 450.

Weeck finished 6th in the first moto.

Barcia.

Boner air, flagger ready to wave! He didn't crash luckily.

Washington grown.

Dont worry, I wasn't planning on it.

Lots of people came out.

Mookie Stewart's ride with big Stewart hangin in the background.

All smiles for Malcolm.

You can bet Mitch Payton is happy this year.

Tuning Villopoto's whip.

Right after we made out for like 15+ minutes...

"I dont know I think the bars are still bent..."

Tye Simmonds.

Metcalf rode awesome for 3rd overall.

New to a factory bike Jake Canada looking good.

Ladies be chillin'

Some gnarly tattoos.

This guy reminded me of some Hollywood actor, can anyone tell me who I can't think of the name!

The Troy Lee bikes looked sick this weekend.

Reed's Cycle.

Musquin getting a pep talk from Decoster.

TV was live for every moto, pretty cool.

450 Moto 1

Canard was ripping early in the day, only to later eat shit scrubbing a jump....such a bummer for this guy.

Dungey owned Washougal this weekend.

Stalking down Villopoto in the first moto.

Finish Line.

250 Moto 1

"Hey check out my ass while I stand on your bike..." "EWWW I'm pulling my visor down idiot!"

Cunningham has been really fast lately.

Barcia getting some up horsepower hill.

Marvin Musquin.

Blake Baggett.

Travis Baker.

Old timers on old bikes must have been a rough one through these.

Lots of vintage bikes out today for their vintage celebration.

If you type the user name and password into your ECM you will get the holeshot.

Bad luck strikes for Canard, this bummed me out after hearing him talk on the podium about how happy he was to be racing.

Getting comforted, he looked to be in a lot of pain.

Get well soon Trey!

Another fine rockstar hunny.

450 Moto 2

Reed grabs some clear vision.

Alessi hunting down the Byrner.

I told you lot of people came out.

Dungey.

It was the Ryan Dungey show the second moto.

He had like an 11 second lead at one point.

Villopoto had nothing on him, but still rode like a beast.

Dungey celebrating and pointing to his Dad.

Sweet shirt bro are you Kappa Tappa Kegga!!??? OH YEAA!!

250 Moto 2

Baggett making moves toward the front.

Syncronized Troy Lee riders.

Wilson led every lap.

Barcia.

Rattray, this photo shows how many trees are around here. Beautiful place.

Wilson.

Saw Blake Wharton cold chillin with his pops.

Wilson gets the win.

Thanks for looking!

Contact me at: mikeemeryphoto@yahoo.com

Portraits + Washougal Teaser...

2011-07-24T22:50:00.009-04:00

I am definitely into shooting photos of moving things and action...most of my interest falls into motorcycles and skateboarding. I have never actually shot any portraits before but boredom got the best of my roommates and I one night and here are a couple photos I thought were cool/funny as hell (out of a whole file of goofy mustache photos). I think I used maybe a flash or 2 and used my wall as the backdrop. I want to do more portraits the final product is interesting to me...

Bubba Smith

Kyle Dalrymple

*Note: Special thanks to my Mom for getting me a Hollywood caliber mustache kit for Christmas!

Now on to a few preview pics of yesterday's Washougal National...I will post a full race report tomorrow-ish maybe even throw in some real witty type comments we'll see!

The ladies were there first of all...

Barcia has gotten knocked down quite a bit this season only to keep getting back up...I am a fan.

A a photo of the sandy dirt right AFTER the big whoop section, and just before the finish line.

30 seconds and counting...

Again this is just a teaser...check back tomorrow night for a bunch more Washougal photos!
As always thanks for looking!

408MX Saturday Series 7/16

2011-07-17T14:21:00.049-04:00

I headed down to San Jose this weekend to check out some local racing at 408MX and shoot some photos. The track looked awesome and everyone I met was nice. The races ran smooth and there was a lot of good racing!! Big thanks to Ralph and crew for doing a good job and also letting me out there to photograph. I posted up quite a few more than I usually do on here, so enjoy the photos. If anyone in the area is interested in doing any shoots or setting something up, contact me at mikeemeryphoto@yahoo.com and we can work something out. Also if you are interested in buying any of these prints or files send me a email as well. Until next time...

A Turtle...Fireworks...and a Pool.

2011-07-14T22:35:00.011-04:00

Like I said...

A giant turtle on my block...

This lady owns it..."ya want me to put him on a board??!?!?""

Fireworks. TRIPPPYYY.

4th of July at the Berkeley Marina.

...and a sick backyard pool sesh. Justin somehow did this, all the while I was trying to figure out how to ride around in it.

It's Fat Albert

2011-07-11T01:25:00.004-04:00

First time using the video mode of my Nikon...filmed Kyle messing around on the jersey barrier at wastelands. "HEY HEY HEY!!!"

Thanks for looking.

Bloggin' on a Sunday Mornin'...

2011-06-29T01:37:00.019-04:00

Haven't posted any skate photos up in a while, and mostly because I haven't been psyched on any of them. Here are some photos I have sat on for a while for no reason...

Luke ollied the shit out of this little bump at the wastelands spot. I tried to get a photo with flashes and failed miserably, didnt like it at all. So this was the best we got and its ok I guess. Ridiculous ollie no doubt.

My first skate photo with a fisheye, and clueless how to shoot good photos with a fisheye and flashes this was the result. Not psyched on it but all I can do is learn.

I took Kyle to this rail I found, and he did like 8 tricks on it. I didn't really end up with any photos I was genuinely happy with but here is a nosegrind I kind of like. Im gonna bring him back and shoot more.

Also working on shooting some breakdancing, here is a handspin.

Coming out of a wicked backspin.

Here is the black and white version of Luke's ollie that was sent to lowcard, but I doubt they use it.

And here is the black and white of the 50-50, I think I like this better as black and white is usually the saving grace of a shitty photo in my opinion!

Vans had a mini ramp barge at the Giant's stadium that was cool, and at least ten boards went in the drink.

Star studded event the kids went crazy!

Rune went all judo on everyone!

Kyle 50-50'd this whole bitch one day, didnt really like this photo either so I let it rot on my hard drive until now.

On to un-skate related things...Jana flew out on a whim for a few days last week.

We took it to the bridge.

She was liking this old beauty of a structure.

Feelin' this fisheye lens, I am gonna try not to over use it but no promises.

AWWW.

It was a wee bit windy up here.

Now to Big Sur, a super beautiful place I suggest everyone goes to.

Jana liked it.

Rear view.

Again, the fisheye is fun.

We did a swimsuit photo shoot on the beach.

Ate lunch on the beach.

Waterfall onto the beach was beautiful.

Another pic of this.

Jana checking it out.

Also went to Phiefer State Park and hiked around, it was a neat place.

More tree photos.

Jana on our nature hike.

Lizard action.

I'll throw in a black and white of this one.

And the sunset we saw on Rt. 1, awesome day.

Bonus photo of my work I took for our yelp page.

Until next time, and hopefully by then I will take some photos I love!!!!

Santa Cruz, Ca

2011-06-28T22:50:00.015-04:00

I have been out here in Berkeley for a bit now and just recently finally got to go down to Santa Cruz to check it out. Super beautiful place...

This is on the side of route 1 where there are probably 50 more beautiful scenes like this. So lucky for us we accidentally decided to go to this one which happens to have many nude people. And go figure, there are far more nasty peckers around than nice naked women...never woulda guessed!

Beach Crew. It was actually cold and windy. Deceiving photos.

Hahahaha. If we had to look at it so do you.

Purdy.

This cat is awesome, and I don't like cats.

WAAZZZZAAAAPPPPPP...

Eating my camera strap.

El Gato.

Meow.

Checked out the redwoods with Brittany, Aubrey and Nate. Reminded me of the movie Stand By Me.

Again, big trees.

Nate getting some.

Brittany unleashing her urine.

Thanks for showing us tourists around!

Baker Beach

2011-06-24T12:01:00.005-04:00

Baker Beach, San Fransisco Ca.

Ladybugger

Window to the world...

Crappy moon photo #2. I need practice.

Lately...

2011-06-09T00:28:00.013-04:00

Lately I have been in a bit of a photo slump. Here are some photographs I recently took...

I am an enthusiast of a fresh baked sourdough bread, or any bread to say the least.

Now that this is cleared up, I'll continue. Took a weekend trip down to San Diego and came back with only 2 photos...

This one...

And this one. A broken paw won't stop Jax. I spent more time being American as it was memorial day weekend. Beers, skateboards, and choppers. I am happy with 2 photos.

Then it was off to Portland for the weekend to visit my friend Dave.

Took a bike ride on the first nice day of the summer up there. Felt like PA's heat, it was nice.

A bike ride that ends with beer. Always a good kind of bike ride.

Portland is known for having really good micro breweries? Never knew...but the beer sampler was gone, now onto other things.

Follow that Asian with the Mr. T sized bike lock.

Hey there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to exercise, but you don't have to tell this lady. Innovating.

Shot some BB guns, and damn it was fun. Side note: I got antsy and shot a full glass bottle because it quickly got boring. I probably shouldn't buy a real gun ever.

Bridge.

Look back.

This is the oldest drawbridge in the USA so I was told. Pretty reckless design if you ask me.

Not sure what was going on here but look at all the things in this pic. Even a squirrel...

Cool sign.

View across the river.

Sun was setting on this old port.

Dave caught a quick shred .

Then went here to eat the most amazing donut ever. Maple Bacon Bar. No pictures I passed out upon finishing it...just google it.

Also, BIG thanks to Dave for hooking me up and providing me with a place to visit!

LATER.

Hangtown National 5/21

2011-05-25T11:39:00.021-04:00

I haven't posted in a while because...A) I hate blogging. B) My internet sucks which makes reason A exist. C) I have been shooting photos just not posting them, selfish huh? Well here are some photos of Hangtown from two weeks ago.

Chad Reed doesn't care this year.

Andrew Short's bike blew up I think both motos.

Brett Metcalf was doin his thang.

Alessi ran the fastest lap of the day by over a second and then rang his bell and knocked himself clean out for the 2nd time in one month. Bummer for him.

Blake Baggett was on fire.

Eli Tomac rode well. No repeat win though.

Baggett.

Unknown shredder.

"HUU HUU WE GONNA TWEAK ZE SUSPENSION A BIT WEE WEE"

CR22 hangin with the kiddies...

...and signin' the titties. All in a days work.

Legendary Payton has time for autographs.

Villapotos whip.

Mike Brown showed up, cool to see that.

Ready...

The season has begun.

And the 34 year old gets the first wholeshot of the year and leads a few laps.

Malcolm Stewart shredding the first lap, fell backwards though.

Marvin Musquin looked good, and passed 34 riders in the 2nd moto.

Jason Anderson

Our new track friends. Drank too many beers to remember your names!!

Show em.

This guy was the best. Hooked us up with some bangin food!

Wes met a lady.

Then met other ladies!!

This one was for his ex girlfriend.

And so was this one. Haha!!

Argyll Mx 5/1/11

2011-05-04T00:57:00.014-04:00

I went to Dixon, Ca last Sunday to check out the local CMC spring series. After getting swarmed by bees I went out to shoot photos. Good times, and nice people all around. Check em' out...

www.argyllmx.com

New Gear/Weber Lives

2011-04-29T23:46:00.013-04:00

This week I got some new camera gear and couldn't be happier!!! Check out some of my newest photos, I am really psyched on how stuff is coming out.

Also got my California plates...it's official.

Rose.

Boring nature type things.

Brought Weber to the dock of the bay to watch the tide roll away.

He is loving it.

Now for some skating...warming it up on a fat stack of 3. Nice air, bro.

Kyle was shredding too. This is my first sequence, so I had him do this flippy kick manual so I could learn how to shoot/make a sequence.

Then Kyle was off to work, so me and Weber went to the wastelands. Sunset sesh.

And a backside lipslide. I really like how this came out.

Very content with my current photo setup. Oh wait I still want to spend 2 more thousand, nevermind...

New New.

2011-04-27T21:08:00.017-04:00

Went home for a week and did some fun stuff...First off is Pagoda mx. No captions because blogger sucks and I dont have the patience right now. Good seeing everyone again!

These photos are from Fashion for Life, a charity fashion show that Jana organized and set up.

And a little bit of Atlantic city for her birthday. Lucky dog won $250!

And I relax again. Until next time...

Everyone loves CA.

2011-03-19T22:09:00.030-04:00

Visitors have been here in California on and off for pretty much the whole time I have lived out here. Always good times, and since I still have been using only Kyle's computer to post photos it takes a long time to update this. Anyway here are some good times over here on the other coast. Thanks everyone for coming to visit!! I hope you all had a good time visiting!!!

I'll start this out with a self portrait at the infamous Golden Gate Bridge. I rode my bicycle out here one day, and the sun was shining through the bridge pretty cool so I took me a photo.

First of the visitors were my brother Brian and my Dad, and they came during the time of Bubba's dad visiting here. Definitely good times.

Scooter time out front of the house.

Nice form.

"Flyin' Brian Emery" -Screwed this photo up.

Pop's turn on the scoot.

He fits right in with the locals here in Berkeley.

Took a photo of this red beetle because my mom owned one.

Monkeys.

T.S. monkey.

They came during the foggiest weekend ever. Still had a damn good time!

Photo shoots going on over here.

Battleship?

Always interesting down at the wharf.

Someone is having fun.

"Peace baby"

Line em' up...

To knock em' down!!!

Hahahaha.

You know you are around haight and ashbury when you see kids like this.

Father and son.

T.S. +333 = 3T3S3? Life is life?

Gotta love TS when it comes to party time.

Matching tattoos.

Tom surprised Bubba with a portrait tattoo when he came out here. Pretty sick.

Hanson also came out for a night, like was here for under 24 hours. Always elusive but great to chill with.

Time to get serious.

Off to the pier.

Nick Tyrell was hanging out here for a little while. Here's a brodacious sunset photo of Luke and Nick.

Next up on my visitors list was my sister Eileen and her husband Tom!!

Shes been gaining weight around her baby area for some reason.

Oh wait, she just told me she's pregnant.

Eileen put her purple drank down, and Tom put his triple shot espresso down for some photo action.

Happy couple.

Checked out some views and tried not to scare the unborn child with my wild driving.

Picture of a picture.

Tourists.

Aww.

I like these ones, fun to shoot.

Silhouette.

Sun fading.

Another.

And one more. Haha good times.

Sun setting on this beautiful bay area.

Next up on my agenda of awesome visitors...JANA!

We took it to the Muir Woods Forest where the trees are HUGE. It rained almost the whole time she was here and we still had a great time.

Guided by the light.

Miss Hoffman doing some nature modeling.

Big trees.

"May the forest be with you."

Muir is a stand up guy, i'm telling ya.

Hippies in the park. Shoes are optional here.

I like this photo a lot.

Beauty on the beach.

Our only full sunny day, we took advantage and packed a million things into a day haha.

Walking into the ocean.

Photographing the moment.

Cool sky.

Next up we have Karen! She was ready to kick it for her SPRING BREAK!!!!!!

This resulted photo is why I always hesitate to take timed photos of myself with people. That goon on the left is ruining the shot.

Hanging out on the cliffs.

Just relaxing on a nice day in the bay area.

Muir woods round two, different people. Still awesome.

More nature photos.

I am more interested in people/moving things, but its fun to nerd out on nature once and a while.

Karen was quite the tourist.

"Nature Extraordinare?"

"Just average happy tourist"

Group shot.

Next we have the skate bros...good times all around with these knuckleheads. Heres Gary thinking about what to eat next.

Shinedaddy eyeing up a line over here at da pier!

Dustin got super serious and took it to the bar.

All the while Pat was having his own exhebition on the other side of the place.

Next level trickery.

Something doesn't look right.

Oh wierd...

Thats all it took to scare this little guy away...

Thats a good photo to leave off with. I now have a computer so I can post on here again. Thanks Tom for hooking me up!!!

LA to the BAY

2011-01-31T22:09:00.012-05:00

A couple weeks back I headed into LA for a weekend of shenanigans and here are some photos.

Met "Hollywood Hill" and Mr. Nono at the hotel that po let me sleep in. Thanks!

The Berrics was ridiculously packed and this picture sums it up. Look at how many different things are going on here.

Wall man.

These jeans got my vote for best of night.

Huf wanted to get in on the photos.

Best knee slide.

Good times.

This kid killed it. Back smith like 3rd try.

Then a back lip in about 6 tries.

Then he decided to back tail it and Gato Felix wanted to give him a spot quick!

Renee Renee?

How Chase and Yoonivision work together on their angles.

This is how to get on the Berrics if that is what your little heart desires.

My favorite skater of the night...Rhino. Hards down the big kahuna set.

Seriously...Hollywood Hill.

Mandatory In-n-Out.

Lifestyle shots anyone?

Josh is down.

Mr. Andrew Po

Things are gettin' serious.

Real serious.

I helped these two find a jackpot of cans and they were super psyched on me after that...or so i think.

"Peep game."

Love this one.

Then Dave and I went over for some lifestyle photos on this red couch so he can get his modeling career off the ground.

Back to the Berrics for another sesh.

Dave got his 360 flip nosegrind nollie 360 flip out while Po filmed his shattle commander.

Po got buzyy. Flip in flip out shit mandatory.

Got outta there with the quickness and caught the sunrise on the plane. Even saw this cool shit, mountains?

Like a ripple sky, broooo.

Back in SF where we try our best to one up all the locals on the regs.

A Wes Buck photo! Switch popper.

Some vicious doubles action.

Kyle was just having fun skating this bump so I shot some photos for fun.

360 flip for poops and giggles.

Things get tech at the wasteland spot sometimes. Little kids got the kickflip 50-50 to indy grab and land them all the time.

Kyle and Willy skated this deathtrap together. Kyle got his.

Then Willy got his too. Cheers fellas.

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T17:49:00.017-05:00

I wanted to clear out some old photos I took this year (and a few even older ones) and post them up to start out this new year. There are oldies, randoms, totally nector shredding, going away parties, and some new BANGERSSSS!

This is from a day we went skating in NJ and there was a mom and daughter that showed up at the spot with goats. I got this photo that reminds me of the Beatles abbey road CD.

And in black and white.

Josh mean mugging it by his old whip.

Ever since I met Gary I wanted him to see if he could fit into a shopping cart, and this day my wish came true hahaha.

Older photo of Dustin doing a frontside 270 from the ramp to that bank at the warehouse.

Another old one of Kyle doing a frontside 180 switch 5-0 revert on this thing. I thought that trick was crazy, still do.

Now, onto some totally nector things...

The hillbomb session that Nick ate shit on in the beginning of his part.

Haha.

Psyched.

Blood palm.

Check that clip.

Haha.

Then we went to this rail and Kyle feebled it. At first I didnt think any of my photos came out any good, but I ended up liking this one.

Now, some photos from my going away party...

Uncle Dustin.

My sister Eileen and her Husband Tom. Baby on the way and I am soon to be UNCLE MIKEY!!!! Watch out!!!!

Theo and Trip.

Hell of a family.

My sister Karen and her precious little Cody.

Old Grandad!!!

Its rude to point.

Really it is.

Hill and Nicole monkeying around.

Lovely Couple.

Kurtz.

Bubba 333.

NoNo.

Nate Dawg.

Nate and my Dad seriously destroyed me and Colbert in beer pong. Honestly game was over in like 1 minute.

The lovely miss Hoffman.

"New default?"

Haha Weber.

Po put on an extreme skate demo and that was that.

His tricks hit me so hard I wrapped myself up in a tortilla and passed out.

And some random photos...

Set up a photo studio in Jana's room and I thought this was a cool photo.

Session at Nate's, I miss these days.

And some photos from a Philly trip and Nyc trip before I left...

Philly spot hangin' out.

Not sure why I never posted this, but I really like it so here it is, Gary Hillegas gap to back tail.

Colbert hangin' out on the fire escape.

Brandy leans out her Brooklyn window looking for her next target.

Hahaha.

Some more randoms...

Skoutelis is crazy. Don't climb these the owner will get mad.

I was a little scared for him.

Now onto some recent photos...

Christmas day chillin'.

Kyle about to get his.

Oakland locals.

Get it Wesley.

He got it.

I guess San Fransisco is a pretty good place to make out in the middle of the park with your tongues jammed down each others throats...

And here are some BANGERS...

We went to the hubba at Dolores Park that Brian Anderson bluntslid and kyle murked it. Frontside 5-0 180.

The angle I like, this hubba is gnarly.

And if I posted this on here, that must mean he has unfinished business...I guess you'll have to wait and see. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Miss you all!!!

2011 will be filled with awesomeness and a whole lot of photos. Hope everyone has a great year.

Some Bay Views...

2010-12-12T05:03:00.004-05:00

About 10 minutes from our house you can see this. It's called Grizzly Peak, and there are many scenic overlooks.